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Black sesame paste
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bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Chinese tongsui - Sesame paste
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2225Group8
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

芝麻糊

zhīmahù
Also on menus as 黑芝麻糊
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一碗芝麻糊 wǎn

Meanings

  1. 1 black sesame soup

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 甜品 Dessert

A hot, sweet, smooth paste of ground toasted black sesame and rice, eaten from a bowl with a spoon. Black, thick and nutty. Common in Cantonese dessert shops, and also eaten at breakfast.

Usually contains sesame

Examples

HSK 5
在广东的糖水店，芝麻糊是很常见的甜品。
Zài Guǎngdōng de tángshuǐ diàn, zhīmahù shì hěn chángjiàn de tiánpǐn.
In Cantonese dessert shops, black sesame soup is a very common sweet.
HSK 7-9
芝麻糊是用黑芝麻磨的，又香又甜。
Zhīmahù shì yòng hēizhīma mò de, yòu xiāng yòu tián.
Black sesame soup is made from ground black sesame, and it is sweet and nutty.

Tips

usage
糊 is read hù here, the reading for thick, porridge-like foods, though many speakers say hú.

Stroke Order

芝 zhī
麻 má
糊 hú